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2011
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Lei Zhao is an author at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign specializing in engineering, earth science, and geography.
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EngineeringGeographyEarth ScienceClimate ChangeSocial SciencesClimatologyUrban ClimateMeteorologyEarth System ScienceUrban Geography
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2011–2025
51
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Strong contributions of local background climate to urban heat islands
Lei Zhao, Xuhui Lee, Ronald B. Smith et al. · Nature · 2014 · 1.4K citations
Observed increase in local cooling effect of deforestation at higher latitudes
Xuhui Lee, Michael L. Goulden, David Y. Hollinger et al. · Nature · 2011 · 723 citations
Interactions between urban heat islands and heat waves
Lei Zhao, Michael Oppenheimer, Qing Zhu et al. · Environmental Research Letters · 2017 · 448 citations · Full text
Urban heat islands in China enhanced by haze pollution
Chang Cao, Xuhui Lee, Shoudong Liu et al. · Nature Communications · 2016 · 434 citations · Full text
Global multi-model projections of local urban climates
Lei Zhao, Keith W. Oleson, Elie Bou‐Zeid et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2021 · 324 citations · Full text
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